Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:14:18 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday trips again (NVC)
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highway 101 starts ... or ends... in lund bc canada
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.britishcolumbia.com/images/cities/58.1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/%3FtownID%3D9&h=192&w=288&sz=20&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=xUk5nQoKe0iMlM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2Bend%2Bof%2Bthe%2Broad%2Bhighway%2B101%2Blund%2Bbc%2B%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DqAQ%26sa%3DG
see the fourth paragraph ....
i live less then 25 k from this place ...
yours
On Dec 14, 2007 9:46 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> We drove down to Portland this morning and I got to wondering about
> Hwy 101. Another nice trip to put on 'the list'.
>
> Near as I can tell Hwy 101 starts in Los Angeles California where Hwy
> 101 meets I-10 & I-5 and ends where it runs into I-5 at Olympia
> Washington. After spending some time with RandMcNally Tripmaker ...
> going from Olympia to Los Angeles via hwy 101 is a 1519 mile trip.
> It looks like Hwy 101 used to go all the way to Mexico but the part
> just south of LA lost the "101" number when it picked up the I-5
> name. It's 1661 miles if you follow the 'original 101' all the way to
> Mexico.
>
> It would be a nice drive from Olympia, up and around the Olympic
> peninsula and south down the Pacific ocean side. Through Washington,
> across the Columbia River to Astoria and down the Oregon coast. The
> coast, Redwoods and forests of northern California. Be some great
> camping in that 800 miles.
>
> The next 700 miles would be different (from the first part) and I
> have no doubt that it is a worthwhile trip. I've driven all of this
> (but not the south of LA part) one time or another but never as "one
> trip". It's been a LONG time since I did anything in the LA area so
> I'm not the one to comment on camping, tourist stuff, beaches or
> anything. Now if someone wants to talk about things to do in the LA
> area on a Westy trip down Hwy 101 I'd be more than glad to listen.
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
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